. 'Christopher North', a memoir of John Wilson ... : compiled from family papers and other sources . , as the Oxford collegian,wi a pale face and a black toozy head, but an ee like an eagles; another with great alacrity, and apparently under the influence of high animal spirits. His com-plexion is very sanguineous, but nothing can be more intelligent, keen, and sagacious than theexpression of his whole physiognomy; above all, the gray eyes and eyebrows, as full of locomo-tion as those of Catalani.—Pete/* Letters, vol ii., pp. 1^7. 188, * It is said, with what truth I know not, that clever as M
. 'Christopher North', a memoir of John Wilson ... : compiled from family papers and other sources . , as the Oxford collegian,wi a pale face and a black toozy head, but an ee like an eagles; another with great alacrity, and apparently under the influence of high animal spirits. His com-plexion is very sanguineous, but nothing can be more intelligent, keen, and sagacious than theexpression of his whole physiognomy; above all, the gray eyes and eyebrows, as full of locomo-tion as those of Catalani.—Pete/* Letters, vol ii., pp. 1^7. 188, * It is said, with what truth I know not, that clever as Mr. Lockhart was with both pen andpencil, he lacked i-uriously one sift without which no man can be a successful barrister; he couldnot, like many other able writers, make a speech. His portfolios show that, instead of takingnotes daring a trial, his pen must have been busily employed in photographing all the partiesengaged, judge, counsel, and prisoner. I avail myself of this opportunity to insert here twospecimens of his wonderful power, oue lalcen from the Bench, and another from the A SCOTCH MINISTER. - When last in Scotland I was advised to look about among the pulpits, to trywhether any living specimen could be found resembling the ancient Scottishworthies. I did so, but was not successful.—Dr. Ulrick Sternstare on theNatural Character of the Scots.—Blackwood, vol. iv., p. 329. LITERATURE. BLACKWOOds MAGAZINE. 175 and a sort o lauch about the serewed-up mouth o him that fulesfccaed no canny, for they couldna thole the meaning ot. I amfortunate enough to be able to give the capital likeness on page 185,drawn by his own hand, in which the satirist who spared no one,lias most assuredly not been flattering to himself. Wilsons appearance in those days is thus described in PetersLetters by Mr. Lockhart:— In complexion he is the best specimenI have ever seen of the genuine or ideal Goth. His hair is of thetrue Sicambrian yellow; his eyes are of the brightest, and
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